Before She Knew Him

by Peter Swanson

Mira, reading the handwritten inscription, said, “‘Christine Truesdale. Finished March 17, 1999. Five stars.’ Well, she liked it, anyway.”

I should do this with my books

am a happy person, always have been. But that’s just my personality, which has nothing to do with this broken brain that periodically and very convincingly tells me that I’m a worthless person who doesn’t deserve to live. Then